Week of November 18th – November 22nd :

Thank you very much for making our Parent-Teacher Conference
and Book Fair a success.

This week is Open School Week: Our first grade teachers and students will
have a Literacy Celebration and Social Studies event with their parents from
8:50-10:30 a.m. Please stop by and enjoy
this community event if you have a chance. Additionally, the Book Fair is scheduled to continue through Tuesday, November 19th.

Please note that there is a revised MASS PREP Schedule. Please check the office to receive an updated copy.

Additionally,
we encourage all MHA staff members to check their NYCDOE and MHA email accounts
daily for up to date information and deadline notices.

Thank
you for your continued support.

Reminders:

·Teachers attending workshops out of the building are to
email the grade facilitator, Ms. Gonzalez and Me their lesson plan for the
substitute teacher, by 3 p.m. the day before the date of the workshop. Additionally, log
on to Sub Central and order a sub-teacher ASAP.

·Students will be allowed into the
auditorium approximately 7:55 a.m.

·Teachers are to meet their students
in the auditorium by 8:00 a.m.

·Please continue to discuss the PBIS matrix in all of the classes
(including Enrichment classes) to ensure the safety of all MHA members

·Technology
Prep periods and Music (Mr. Chen) Prep periods will be conducted in the
classrooms (Push-In) for the month of November 2013.

·Administrative class walk-throughs
will continue this month; as to not interrupt the lesson, please have your
lesson plan available for our review.
Please refer to the Teacher Resource Page at the MHA website for Lesson
Plan Template created with the Common Core and Danielson Framework
components/expectations.

·Teachers that have Breakfast in the
Classroom and Fresh Fruit: Please do not
return or throw out any of the food.
Instead, please send the extra food to Ms. Jackie in the main office
(ext 2053). The carry bag and tray must
stay inside the classroom until the Cafeteria Designee arrives and requests the
bag or tray.

·Please be sure to notify both Ms. T.
Rivera and Mr. Adler of any students that are on your roster but have not
attended school or with more than two (2) days of absences. Additionally, please ensure that you are in
possession of the cumulative folder of each child that is present in your
classroom.

Monday, November
18, 2013:

Ms. Presto at the CFN ICT meeting

·Classroom Teachers, please be sure to review
the PBIS Matrix prior to taking your students to all of the enrichment
programs.

Teachers: Please
escort the selected students from your class into the auditorium as you are
dismissing your students for the day.

·Reading Café After-School Program
with Ms. Santiago, Ms. Joseph and Ms. S. Rivera: 2:20 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. Teachers:
Please escort the select students from your classroom to the cafeteria
as you are dismissing your students for the day.